The Energy in Buildings and Communities TCP carries out research & development activities toward near-zero energy and carbon emissions in the built environment.

Executive Committee

The Energy in Buildings and Communities TCP mission is to develop and facilitate the integration of technologies and processes for energy efficiency. The EBC TCP Executive Committee Representatives for Ireland are Mr. Conor Hanniffy (SEAI) and Mr. Brian McIntyre (SEAI).

For further information, please visit the IEA EBC TCP webpage.

Conor Hanniffy

Deep Retrofit Pilot Programme - Programme Manager

With a background in Mechanical Engineering and Project Management, Conor has over 20 year’s programme management experience in private and public sectors.

Conor has previously managed SEAI’s Accelerated Capital Allowance programme for energy efficient equipment and the Building Energy Rating Programme. Conor now manages SEAI’s Deep Retrofit Pilot Programme and actively engages with the research community to leverage the evidence base to inform strategic direction of SEAI programmes.

Contact: conor.hanniffy@seai.ie

Brian McIntyre

Deep Retrofit Pilot Programme - Programme Executive

Brian McIntyre is Programme Executive on the Deep Retrofit Pilot Programme in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), having joined the organisation in April 2017.

He was formerly Senior Scientist at RPS Group in Environment & Resource Management, with a core focus on the energy sector throughout his career. Brian provided consultancy services to the public and private sector on policy, infrastructure and technology and also to SEAI’s public sector, SME, RD&D and Delivery programmes since 2005.

Contact: brian.mcintyre@seai.ie

Annexes

Annex 5 — Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre

The aim of this Annex is to promote an understanding of the complex behaviour of air flow in buildings and to advance the effective application of associated energy saving measures in both the design of new buildings and the improvement of the existing building stock. 

The Representatives for Annex 5 are Mr. Simon Jones (Aereco) and Dr. Marie Coggins (National University of Ireland Galway).

For further information about the Annex, please visit the AIVC webpage.

Annex 70 — Building Energy Epidemiology Analysis of Real Building Energy Use at Scale

The aim of this Annex is to support decision-makers and investors in their efforts to transform to low carbon and energy-efficient building stock by focusing on developing best practice methods for collecting, accessing, analysing and developing models with empirical data of energy demand in buildings and communities. 

The Representative for Annex 70 is Mr. Brian O'Regan (International Energy Research Centre).

For further information about the Annex, please visit the Building Energy Epidemiology webpage

Annex 81 - Data Driven Smart Buildings

The aim of this Annex is to investigate the potential of Software-as-a-Service innovation and intelligent data-driven building automation, in order to reduce energy use in buildings and enable buildings to participate as distributed energy resources in support of increased use of variable renewable electricity sources. 

The Representatives for Annex 81 are Prof. Donal Finn (University College Dublin) and Assistant Prof. Fabiano Pallonetto (Maynooth University).

For further information about the Annex, please visit the Data-Driven Smart Buildings webpage

Annex 83 - Energy Positive Districts

The aim of this Annex is to develop an in-depth definition of positive energy districts and the technologies, planning tools and the decision-making process related to positive energy districts. Experience and data to be used in the Annex will be gained from demonstration cases.

The Representative for Annex 83 is Dr. Pádraig Lyons  (International Energy Research Centre).

For further information about the Annex, please visit the Positive Energy Districts webpage

Annex 86 - Energy Efficient Indoor Air Quality Management in Residential Buildings

The aim of this Annex is to to improve the energy efficiency of the indoor air quality management strategies in operation and to improve their acceptability, control, installation quality and long-term reliability. 

The Representatives for Annex 86 are Dr. James McGrath (National University of Ireland Galway) and Dr. Miriam Byrne (National University of Ireland Galway).

For further information about the Annex, please visit the Air Quality Management in Residential Buildings

Annex 67 — Energy Flexible Buildings (Task completed)

The aim of this Annex was to demonstrate how energy flexibility in buildings can provide generating capacity for energy grids, and to identify critical aspects and possible solutions to manage such flexibility.

This Task has now been completed. The Representatives for Annex 67 were Ms. Sarah O'Connell (National University of Ireland Galway) and Dr. Marcus Keane (National University of Ireland Galway).

For further information about the Annex, please visit the Energy Flexible Buildings webpage

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